We saw one school-house in our walk, and listened to the sounds which issued from it; but it appeared like a place where the process, not of enlightening, but of obfuscating the mind was going on, and the pupils received only so much light as could penetrate the shadow of the Catholic church.

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

At present our only true names are nicknames.

Every man has to learn the points of the compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction.

Sell your clothes- keep your thoughts.

I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each one be very careful to find out and preserve his own way.

Simplicity is the law of nature for men as well as for flowers.